I enjoy my Audio Mirror Tubadour III very much! It replaced the decent Metrum Onyx, with no regrets.
A vairiable to keep in mind with the Tubadour, SE version or not, is the ability to tailor the sound using a pair of any flavor in the 6DJ8/6922/7308 family of tubes. It takes to tube rolling very well if you are looking for a diff sound from Vlad's stock tubes (2 pairs of 5977 subminiature tubes, configured as one pair).
@pastorbob, agree with your assessment 100%; btw the reviewer is Terry London (not "English", lol). Are you using the 5977s?
A vairiable to keep in mind with the Tubadour, SE version or not, is the ability to tailor the sound using a pair of any flavor in the 6DJ8/6922/7308 family of tubes. It takes to tube rolling very well if you are looking for a diff sound from Vlad's stock tubes (2 pairs of 5977 subminiature tubes, configured as one pair).
@pastorbob, agree with your assessment 100%; btw the reviewer is Terry London (not "English", lol). Are you using the 5977s?